Categories:Election 2008
Posted by Scott Kraus at 12:43:13 PM on October 20, 2008

John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis said this afternoon that he's confident his guy can win Pennsylvania, despite polls giving Democrat Barack Obama a double digit lead in the state.

That probably explains the campaign's massive presence here in recent days, with McCain and his surrogates swooping repeatedly into the Keystone State to campaign in all corners of the Commonwealth.

Sarah Palin was in Lancaster Saturday, Cindy McCain is in Yardley, Bucks County today, John McCain will hold two Pennsylvania events tomorrow.

Davis made the remarks on a conference call scheduled to criticize Barack Obama's campaign for failing to outline details of small contributions of less than $200 to its record-breaking September fundraising haul of $150 million.

Asked about Pennsylvania, Davis pointed out that Hillary Clinton won the state handily by more than 9 percentage points in the primary election, despite predictions Obama would carry it.

But if he's looking a polling data, his memory might be a little faulty. According to Pollster.com, Obama never lead Clinton in any major poll in Pennsylvania during the Democratic primary. Most polls put Clinton ahead by anywhere from 5-16 points in the final days of the race.

"We love Pennsylvania," Davis said. "Pennsylvania is our kind of place. We don't believe any of the naysayers who believe Pennsylvania is out of our reach."

Davis outlined a victory scenario in which McCain keeps most of the same Republican base states won by Republican George Bush in 2004, included newly competitive states like Virginia, getting him to 260 electoral votes. Then he needs only to pick-off a couple of smaller up-for-grabs states, like Iowa and Nevada, to get over the magic 270-mark.

Or he said, McCain could snag one of the larger states that's in play. He didn't name it, but we assume he would include Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral votes in that category.

"We will continue to campaign where strategically we have a chance to win,and right now that is what we are doing," Davis said.

I saw her in an scripted interview last night regarding Relgion - she might want to explain what she is doing practicing witchcraft in the you tube video. She acts like we are stupid everyone has seen this video. Are we ever going to get an answer on this. I am just curious - what was she doing there?

She really is out of touch with reality. I can understand how Alaska overlooks this, but the rest of the world is not that stupid.

Sarah Palin - John McCain's new legacy

Posted By: Ohio | Oct 21, 2008 5:58:57 PM

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